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HEALTH INSURANCE GUIDELINES FOR CLAIMS
New insurance norms for hospital admission: 'Unnecessary hospitalisation' won't be allowed; doctors fear genuine mediclaims may be deniedNew insurance norms for hospital admission issued by the General Insurance Council advise that patients with uncomplicated fever be treated...
IRDAI clears investments in private companies, eases infrastructure funding normsIRDAI has expanded insurers' investment options by permitting investments in private limited companies, infrastructure SPV debt and repo, r...
LIC rejects claim saying past typhoid, jaundice were not disclosed: Court says the illnesses have no link to sudden heart attack that killed the policyholder; orders insurer to pay over Rs 10 lakhLIC rejects insurance claim saying policyholder hid illnesses: LIC rejected a death claim filed by a Guntur widow, arguing her husband had ...
Tata AIG rejects stolen bike insurance claim over delayed FIR: Court says police delay can't cost a policyholder their compensation; orders insurer to pay over Rs 2 lakhTata AIG rejects stolen bike insurance claim over delayed FIR: Tata AIG General Insurance ordered to pay over Rs 2.19 lakh by a Visakhapatn...
Bank of Baroda may trigger cyber insurance claimBank of Baroda has filed a preliminary claim under its cyber insurance policy after a suspected data breach exposed nearly 1 TB of customer...
ProTec gets insurance licence; Irdai revamps key guidelinesProTec General Insurance will be allowed to undertake general insurance business under the applicable regulatory framework. The four regist...
Star Health Insurance Q1 Results: Profit jumps 25% to Rs 550 croreStar Health reported a twenty-five percent net profit increase for the first quarter. Total income rose to Rs 4,471 crore from Rs 3,990 cro...
Family floater vs separate plan: 7 reasons your parents need their own health insurance policy
Will using E20 petrol lead to insurance claim rejection? Here’s what govt saysThe Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has clarified E20 petrol use. Insurance claims cannot be rejected solely based on using E20 fuel....
Air India turnaround to take 5-10 years, says Tata Sons' ChandrasekaranTata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran said Air India's turnaround will take five to 10 years, citing supply-chain constraints, legacy system...
Bank of Baroda Data Leak: Compromised employee email linked to alleged 1TB data leak on darknetBank of Baroda said its recent data leak resulted from the compromise of a single employee's email account and did not affect its core bank...
The health and wealth paradox: 1% describe overall health as poor but 82% claim they are stressed; how pursuit of wealth is affecting mental well-being, reveals studyAccording to a recent study by ManipalCigna Health Insurance, while only 1% describe their overall health as poor, as many as 82% claim the...
ICICI Lombard rejects Rs 50 lakh accidental death insurance claim, consumer court said insurers can't add new claim conditions. Here's what happenedA consumer commission ordered ICICI Lombard to pay fifty lakh rupees to a policyholder's nominee. The policyholder died in a road accident,...
Regulator warns insurers against deep discounts on fire risk coverThe insurance regulator has flagged aggressive underpricing in fire insurance, with discounts of up to 99% on large industrial risks, warni...
Go Digit net profit dips 38% in Q1, premium falls 8.4%Gross written premium during the quarter also fell 8.4% year-on-year to Rs 2,731 crore. “In a soft market we would rather protect the quali...
Aditya Birla Health approved insurance before treatment, then cancelled it during discharge: Family left to pay Rs 44,000 hospital bill gets relief; court orders Rs 74,000 payoutAditya Birla Health approved insurance, then cancelled it during discharge: A Delhi consumer commission has ordered Aditya Birla Health Ins...
LIC rejects life insurance claims saying policyholder hid diabetes: Court finds disease was diagnosed only after buying the policies; orders over Rs 60 lakh payoutLIC rejects life insurance claims saying policyholder hid diabetes: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered LIC to ...
5 critical checks before buying health insurance policy to avoid claim rejectionsChoosing health insurance requires careful consideration of several important factors. Opting for a policy simply because it has a low prem...
Oriental Insurance rejects mediclaim saying policyholder's hospitalisation wasn't necessary: Court says doctors, not insurers, decide medical necessity; orders over Rs 2 lakh payoutOriental Insurance rejects claim saying hospitalisation wasn't necessary: A Delhi consumer commission has ordered Oriental Insurance to pay...
ICICI Lombard denied health insurance claim, stating the policy was cancelled; policyholder wins the case in consumer court, here’s whyAn insurer's appeal was dismissed by the Delhi State Consumer Commission. ICICI Lombard failed to submit its written statement within the l...